[FL 3485] LIC. The Mind and Body Problem in Contemporary Philosophy – 24.25
Semester II
thursday
14:30 -
16:15
Course Information
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Language: English
ECTS: 3
Language: English
ECTS: 3
Schedule:
Semester II
thursday
14:30 -
16:15
Content
During these lectures I would like to show mind and body problem as a discussion between monistic and dualistic solutions: Mind and body problem – dualism versus monism.
I would like to stress amongst dualistic ideas:
Dualism of substances
Dualism of properties: emergentism, double-aspect theory
Monistic ideas: Behaviorist theory, Identity theory, Identity of types, Token identity, Computational theory
In the end I would like to show where Thomistic ideas are on this ax. I also present arguments for the spiritual basis of mental properties
Bibliography
Gill C.: The Person and the Human Mind, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1990.Searle J.R.: The Mystery of Consciousness, London 1998.
McGinn C.: The Mysterious Flame, New York 1999.
Chalmers D. (ed.): Philosophy of Mind, Oxford University Press 2002.
Johnson-Laird P.N.: The Computer and the Mind, Harvard University Press 1988.
Pasnau R.: Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature, Cambridge University Press 2002